THE ADVENTURES OF A GENTLEMAN 



" Fifteen guineas bid. Sixteen : thank ye, Sir : 

 trust you won't have her for twenty; quiet to drive, 

 carried a lady — Sound, Sir ? — There's not a sounder 

 horse in the yard. What do you hold her that way 

 for, blockhead? Run her down again." 



She began to show lame, even in standing : but 

 had she fallen on the spot, it would not have saved 

 the poor tailor : he bid twenty guineas without 

 demur, and she was knocked down to him forthwith. 

 A precious pair were standing near me. 



"I'll be blest," said one of them, "if that an't 

 the old mare that Jem Spinks used to drive in the 

 four o'clock 'bus." 



"No, sure not! she warn't blind! only a little 

 groggy before." 



